Using Charles Proxy on Mac OS X selectively for iOS Simulator

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indiantroy picture indiantroy · Jun 7, 2012 · Viewed 15.4k times · Source

Is there any way to use Charles proxy selectively with particular applications like iOS Simulator on Mac OS X? Currently while monitoring HTTP traffic to and fro iOS application running with iOS Simulator, Charles also monitors HTTP traffic from other apps like Chrome and Mail app etc. This is really distracting. Is there any way to do this except adding the list of domains that we want to bypass under Charles Proxy settings ?

Chrome is really a problem because it uses Mac OS X proxy settings. I tried extension like Proxy Switchy but it either doesn't help or I don't know how to configure it.

Any pointers will be highly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer

Arthur Neves picture Arthur Neves · Jun 7, 2012

You can indeed filter the records in Charles proxy. Just go to Proxy>Record Settings... Then u can include or exclude any domain that you need to. Thats the only way to do it. using domain, port, path or query.

If you dont wanna record things coming from google Chorme, just disable the option pressing Cmd+Shift+P , this will disable Mac OS X Proxy.

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